Den der afdeling lukker tidligere, men jeg kan stadig købe en rulle her.

Den der afdeling means that department/section/branch.

In Danish, a common way to say that + noun is:

• den der
  • common-gender noun
• det der
  • neuter noun
• de der
  • plural noun

So:

• den der afdeling = that department
• det der hus = that house
• de der bøger = those books

Here, den matches the gender of afdeling, and der adds the meaning of that.

This structure is very common in everyday Danish.

Because afdeling is a common-gender noun in Danish.

Its indefinite form is:

• en afdeling = a department/section

Since it takes en, it also takes den in the definite/demonstrative pattern:

• en afdeling
• den afdeling
• den der afdeling

If it were a neuter noun with et, then you would use det instead.

Afdeling usually means department, section, or branch, depending on context.

Possible translations include:

• department
• section
• branch
• sometimes division

So den der afdeling could mean something like:

• that department
• that section
• that branch

The exact English word depends on the situation.

Lukker is the present tense of lukke (to close).

So:

• at lukke = to close
• lukker = closes / is closing

In Danish, present tense verbs usually end in -r:

• jeg køber = I buy / am buying
• han arbejder = he works / is working
• afdelingen lukker = the department closes / is closing

So Den der afdeling lukker tidligere means That department closes earlier.

Here tidligere means earlier.

It is the comparative form related to tidlig (early):

• tidlig = early
• tidligere = earlier

In this sentence, it does not need an explicit than phrase. Danish often leaves the comparison understood from context.

So lukker tidligere means:

• closes earlier
• implicitly: earlier than usual or earlier than something/somewhere else

Because the comparison is implied rather than spelled out.

Danish, like English, can do this:

• Vi går tidligere. = We’re leaving earlier.
• But earlier than what? The context tells you.

If you wanted to state the comparison directly, Danish would use end:

• Den afdeling lukker tidligere end den anden.
• That department closes earlier than the other one.

In your sentence, the speaker just says earlier, without stating the full comparison.

This is normal Danish main-clause word order.

The finite verb comes early, and adverbs like stadig usually come after the finite verb and before the infinitive/main verb:

• jeg kan stadig købe
• literally: I can still buy

Breakdown:

• jeg = subject
• kan = finite verb
• stadig = adverb
• købe = infinitive/main verb

This placement is very common with modal verbs:

• jeg vil gerne spise
• hun kan ikke komme
• vi skal stadig vente

Because after a modal verb like kan (can), Danish uses the infinitive of the main verb.

So:

• kan købe = can buy
• vil købe = will/wants to buy
• skal købe = must/is going to buy

Not:

• kan køber ❌

This is similar to English:

• I can buy ✅
• I can buys ❌

So jeg kan stadig købe is exactly the expected structure.

Yes. Here stadig means still.

So:

• jeg kan stadig købe en rulle her
• I can still buy a roll here

It shows that something remains possible despite the first part of the sentence:

• That department closes earlier, but I can still buy a roll here.

So stadig connects nicely with the contrast introduced by men.

En rulle means a roll.

Like afdeling, rulle is a common-gender noun, so its indefinite article is en:

• en rulle = a roll
• rullen = the roll

Depending on context, rulle could refer to different kinds of rolls, such as a roll of paper, tape, film, etc. The exact meaning depends on what has already been established.

Her means here.

So:

• jeg kan stadig købe en rulle her
• I can still buy a roll here

Putting her at the end is very natural in Danish. It tells you the place where the action is possible.

Danish often puts short place words like this late in the sentence:

• Jeg bor her. = I live here.
• Vi spiser der. = We eat there.
• Hun arbejder hjemme. = She works at home.

Yes, but it would sound a bit different.

• den der afdeling = that department
  Very common in everyday speech; often points out a specific one.
• denne afdeling = this department
  More formal or written-sounding, and it means this, not that.

If you wanted a more formal version of that department, Danish might use a different structure depending on context, but in ordinary speech den der afdeling is very natural.

So den der is the best match for everyday that here.

Because men means but, and here it joins two main clauses:

• Den der afdeling lukker tidligere
• jeg kan stadig købe en rulle her

A comma before men is standard in writing:

• ..., men ... = ..., but ...

So the comma helps separate the two parts of the sentence clearly.